a shade more than 66%

that's about how much of autumn has elapsed already and temperatures here are forecast to be below freezing from tonight through sometime monday...so i am happy all the mulch is down...it was warm enough the past couple of weeks that i thought i might have been a bit premature in doing that but it seems that early november is an auspicious time to bed down the perennials...still, the green manures in the past season's potato patch are still hardy and green...they were booming along in the community garden earlier this week as well...there are even yellow peas trying to blossom...optimistic is the word that leaps to mind...the winter wheat in the containers ( third photo ) is showing signs of going dormant...the wheat in the ground is not any more than the green manures are...a mixed bag of reactions...teosinte ears continue to open revealing seeds that don't quite look mature to me...at least not judging by the coloration of seeds i have purchased...still the indoor project goes on and i am collecting seeds from both indoors and outdoors to try to germinate over the next month or so using the hydrogen peroxide soak method to break dormancy as a test run to see how they might fare if i introduce them into the wild in march...the last photo is of a teosinte ear that has opened and shattered...something its descendant maize could never do...tomorrow a trip out to the community garden to check on things and a new approach to germinating wild potatoes ( since the first effort seems to have failed ) it would be great to be able to produce some tubers before spring since this is one of the rare instances where direct seeding isn't that effective and wild potatoes have a role to play next season...more on that tomorrow after i run down some supplies.